FYI - If you are looking for this pattern, the magazine is currently on the newsstands. It is Quick Quilts Spring 2009 by Harris Publications...not Quick Quilts by McCall. See the link below for an image of the magazine cover.
Aren't names funny? I named this quilt Florin 1. because a florin is an ancient Italian coin 2. because the fabric reminds me of beautiful, ornate Florentine paper, and 3. because it's a variation of a Chinese Coin. I love stories about quilt names! When Quick Quilts published the pattern they renamed it Gilded Asian Elegance ...gilded asian elegance - such a fancy name. When someone would email me about the quilt, they would say something to the effect of "I'm writing about the asian quilt". I thought how interesting it was that the name influenced people's perception of the quilt. I wonder if we do that with people, and their names too? Is someone viewed differently because they are a Lizzy, Kate, Bill or Jimmy vs. a Elizabeth, Kathryn, William, or a James?
Some of you have said that you are having difficulty finding all of the fabrics for this quilt, so I wanted to suggest a couple of options if you are interested in using another fabric lines:
- Any grouping from the Imperial Fusion collection
- Fabrics from the Fairy Frost Collection
- Any gilded, ornate fabric group
- Batiks - I hadn't thought of it, but sweet Amy did...see the comments
Any of these ornate fabrics will work wonderfully with the simplicity of this pattern. If you have your heart set on the shown Imperial Fusion fabrics, one of my favorite resource for finding seemingly obscure fabrics is www.quiltshops.com
If you make this quilt, be sure and send us a photo, we would love to see your creations!
Cherri
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This is one fantastic quilt. I am learning so much from these quilt blogs. I just deal in feedsack fabrics.
TTFN ~ Marydon
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Posted by: marydon | April 23, 2009 at 07:53 PM
That quilt is amazing!
Posted by: Abby | April 23, 2009 at 10:31 PM
The quilt is beautiful.
Our first guilder was also called florijn. That’s why we always used the f or fl sign before an amount of money. On one side of the coin we had a lilly, the city-arms of Florence.
And now we have the dull Euro...LOL!
Posted by: nicolette | April 24, 2009 at 01:10 AM
What a stunning quilt!
Posted by: Paula in NH | April 24, 2009 at 06:29 AM
What a gorgeous use of the Imperial Fusion fabrics! Very lovely! I'm thinking batiks also??
Posted by: amy | April 24, 2009 at 07:51 AM
Amy - Batiks would be wonderful - what a good idea!
Posted by: Cherri House | April 24, 2009 at 08:06 AM
This is such a romantic quilt! and oh, yes...batiks would work so well!
Posted by: Tif | April 25, 2009 at 04:21 PM
What issue of Quick Quilts is the pattern featured in? I went to McCall's Quick Quilts website and it doesn't appear there in Apr/May or Feb/March or Dec/Jan. Is there another magazine called Quick Quilts?
Posted by: Z Kazmi | April 25, 2009 at 06:24 PM
Wow such a beautiful quilt. I didn't realize there were two Quick Quilts magazines. I don't think I have ever seen the one by Harris Pub.
Posted by: Jocelyn | April 26, 2009 at 09:57 AM